The small, picturesque town of Kruševo is the highest town in the Balkan
(1,350 m asl); it has kept several old houses with characteristic
Macedonian architecture. Krusevo was the seat of the short-lived
Republic of Kruševo, which emerged after the Ilinden Uprising in 1903.
Every year on Ilinden's Day (2 August), hand woven blankets
(jambolii) of diverse colours show up on the windows and balconies of
the town. The uprising is recalled by the Makedonium monument.
A memorial gallery recalls the local expressionist painter Nikola
Martinovski (1903-1973), a master of modern Macedonian painting.

Ivan Sache, 8 April 2007

Municipal flag of Kruševo

The flag of Kruševo, as shown on the Macedonian Ministry of Local
Self-Government website (page no longer online), is vertical, red with an emblem in the middle. The emblem, all in gold, shows a handshake over a torch surmonted two
crossed plant boughs. There are Cyrillic writings, above the emblem
SMRT ILI SLOBODA (Death or Freedom) and below it ZNAME NA KRUŠEVSKATA
ČETA (Flag of the Kruševo Company).
This flag is modelled on the historical flag used during the Ilinden
Uprising, kept in the Skopje Historical Museum. The differences in the
writings between the two flags are caused by the linguistic
standardization set up in 1945.